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Welcome to the new Community Index

It’s always nice to hear what’s going on from community groups and events that are happening so if you’re interesting in featuring in Community Index drop me a line (contact details at bottom of page) or Tweet at us! Even though we’ve seen the back of Summer, there’s no reason to hibernate just yet. This month Chorlton Fireworks (page 5) and Celebration Party Shop (page 26) will provide everything you need to light up the sky with their ranges of fireworks. It’s time to start planning for the festive season, so if you’d like to reach 20,000 homes before Christmas, get in touch by October 15th and book your advert. Chorlton Traders are looking for businesses to donate to the Christmas lights, so if you want to be involved in making Chorlton a winter wonderland, have a read of their article on page 4. But if the weather is making you feel a little glum, take a leaf from Majunaga’s book and look for some peace inside yourself. See page 22 for a preview of his enlightening ‘Reflections’ blog.

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15th October 2013

Chorlton Traders

Childrens Book Award

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The Story of Chorlton-Cum-Hardy

Hello and welcome to another edition of Community Index. If you’re a first time reader, I hope you’ll enjoy our great mix of news and features about what’s going on in Chorlton and Whalley Range.

Joe Beech

Contents

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Southern Cemetery

October In Your Garden

Art Market Joins Chorlton Precinct / The Rotary Club Needs You

Cake Corner

Village Dry Cleaners

Childrens Choir

Manjunaga

Community Index

Local Sport

Business Index

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Chorlton Traders

Established in 2012, initially to raise money for Christmas lights, Chorlton Traders has had a busy year. Businesses large and small have worked together to raise funds for local good causes, improve the appearance of Chorlton, establish and develop relationships with other local community groups and meet up regularly to share ideas, concerns and information.

Christmas Lights Chorlton Traders are once again leading the fundraising for Chorlton Christmas lights. Chorlton Locksmith is the collection point for donations from businesses on Wilbraham Road, and Elliotts is the collection point for businesses in Chorlton precinct. We are looking for volunteer businesses to act as collection points on Barlow Moor Road and Manchester Road. Can you help? Residents are also invited to help us raise funds by donating at the collection points or by buying raffle tickets for the Chorlton Traders Christmas raffle. Details to follow next month.

Chorlton Precinct Chorlton Trader member Alice de Ville has a vision to regenerate this neglected corner of the precinct with a regular Art & Design Market. Two dates are already fixed; 2nd November and then on 7th December. She would also like to improve the look of the precint with murals, seating and planters. There is a kickstarter fund to get this fantastic project off the ground, which needs to raise £2,500 by 18th October. If you’d like to donate contact Alice via twitter @popupshopsuk or by email chorltonartmarket@gmail.com See page 14 for information about getting a stall on the Art and Design market. Chorlton Book Festival is an annual community event in the Chorlton calendar which takes place from Friday 15th to Saturday 23rd November. Chorlton Traders are supporting this event and for the first time there is a Chorlton Book Award.

children’s book from the Award shortlist (see this month’s book reviews – page 6) please ask in Chorlton Bookshop for details and use the donation box in store. Your donated books (with you business name inscribed) will be distributed by the Barlow Moor Community Association, either to individual children or to build up their outreach library.

Next Traders Meeting If you run a business in Chorlton and would like to join the Traders, please do get in touch (email chorlton@chorltontraders.co.uk) Membership fees are £75 for larger businesses, £25 for independents and £15 for small businesses operating from home. Come along to our next meeting on Tuesday 8th October, 7-8.30pm at the meeting room in Chorlton Library.

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Vote for your favourite from the eight books on the shortlist for the Chorlton Children’s Book Award. Pick up a voting form from school, Chorlton Bookshop or Chortlon Library. Cast your vote by Wednesday 13 November

I’m Dougal Trump and It’s Not My Fault Jackie Marchant A typical young boy, Dougal is a magnet for trouble, and this is his own illustrated account of all his trials and tribulations. A ripsnorting read for anyone beset by untidy rooms, misguided friends, troublesome neighbours and bossy sisters.

The Mystery of Wickworth Manor Elen Caldecott On a school trip to an outdoor adventure centre, mismatched pair Paige and Curtis become intrigued by the hidden portrait of an African slave boy. Only by teaming up can they unearth the historic secrets of the manor. A light and pacy detective story with a nice line in social realism.

The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas David Almond When young orphan Stan has had enough of his uncle’s home fish-canning business, he runs away to join the circus, where he’s taken under the wing of an eccentric daredevil performer.

Sweet, knockabout fun from a terrific storyteller.

Chronicles of Egg: Deadweather and Sunrise Geoff Rodkey The peril-packed debut outing for Eggbert, 12, whose unhinged family share their island home with retired cutthroat pirates. When a secret mission to the neighbouring island misfires, Egg winds up all alone and on the run. A distinctive, inventive and welldrawn tale.

Secret Breakers 1: The Power of Three H L Dennis First in a series dubbed ‘The Da Vinci Code for kids’, in which three super-smart children are summoned by a secret government organization to help crack the legendary Voynich Manuscript. Not only a ripping, nerve-shredding yarn, it also enables readers to get actively involved in the code breaking.

Constable & Toop Gareth P Jones Sam Toop can see ghosts – and sees

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plenty of them, as his father works at a London funeral parlour. When a murderous spectre goes on the rampage, he must marshal his ghostly cohorts to stop it. Gruesome, Victorian-era thiller with a generous streak of black humour.

Horrible Science: House of Horrors Nick Arnold and Tony de Saulles Home truths about home hygiene presented in a lively, accessible comic-strip format. Young readers will glorify in this barrage of wickedly gory details on exactly what germs, flies, microbes and dust mites get up to under your very nose.

The Red Pyramid: Graphic Novel Rick Riordan and Orpheus Collar Vivid, high-octane comics version of the novel by the author of the Percy Jackson books. When an esteemed Egyptologist accidentally resurrects Set, the god of chaos, his children are launched on a sprawling global quest to save him – and indeed all life as we know it.

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Footpath Reopens The Manchester Ramblers Association celebrated a victory against Manchester Council last July, when a district judge ruled that a disused footpath in Chorlton should be reopened after seventy years. Following consultation with local residents, the Council had tried to officially close Footpath 181 (which runs alongside Chorlton Brook between Anchorside Close and Chorltonville) on the grounds that it was unnecessary, would be expensive to reopen and could lead to an increase in criminal activity. But Judge Paul Richardson ruled that the footpath should remain a public right of way, finding that the Council

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had “deceitfully fobbed off” local campaigners - led by Stephen Newton, a resident of Anchorside Close - who argued that the Council had repeatedly reneged on promises to clear the path in the past. A group of disgruntled Chorltonville residents, however, have refused to take the path of least resistance, and say the ruling only represents the views of a small minority: “Stephen Newton claims to represent everyone on Anchorside Close, but we know this isn’t the case. We visited the close, and found that many residents are as worried as we are about the potential increase in crime and anti-social behaviour.” Stephen Newton responded by saying: “We submitted evidence

to court of eight separate consultations with Anchorside residents. Our position was agreed at an AGM meeting in 2012, which was well attended, and where there was only one dissenting voice. Many residents made written submissions to court, all of which endorsed reopening the path.” The Council has now been ordered to pay £42,000 in legal fees, with a further estimated cost of £100,000 to make the path safe for public use – all at the tax payers’ expense. Liberal Democrat MP John Leech said: “I support going for closure, but it’s been the Council’s incompetence over the decades that’s led to this.”

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The Story Of Chorlton-Cum-Hardy When we made cider and perry, here in Chorlton by Andrew Simpson Back in 1847, the journalist Alexander Somerville had walked the lanes of Chorlton looking for evidence of potato blight; that disease which had destroyed the crops in Ireland, and was already in parts of northern Derbyshire. He didn’t find any but recorded his conversations with some of our local farmers, one of whom was James Higginbotham whose land included a strip along what is now the Rec on the corner of Beech Road and Cross Road. The conversation turned away from potatoes to fruit which made up a significant part of the crops we grew for the Manchester markets and included raspberries, rhubarb, currants and gooseberries and above all apples and pears; in particular the Newbridge pear, and Rose of Sharon apple. Look at any old maps from the mid 19th century and you are struck by the number of orchards across the township. Most would have gone to the markets, but some would have been turned into cider and perry and drunk at home. So it was of particular concern to James Higginbotham that in the June of 1847 his apples and pears were doing well. As he said to Somerville Buy Andrew Simpson’s book who dutifully reported the “The Story of conversations; Chorlton-CumHardy” or visit him online at chorltonhistory. blogspot.com/

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There was still a goodly show of apples left, and the Rose of Sharon branches were again fresh, beautiful and healthy. The Newbridge pears clustered upon the trees as if the invaders of the orchard had never been.”* It is a priceless piece of reporting and not just because here are the voices of the people who lived in Chorlton over 160 years ago but because it provides us with the actual names of what types of apples and pears were grown here. And I am indebted to Mary Pennell of the National Fruit Collection** who kindly dug out some information about both crops. “Newbridge is in fact a ‘perry pear’. It is also known as ‘White Moorcroft’. Rose of Sharon - an apple variety that was exhibited from Cheshire in 1934. Unfortunately this is the only record for this apple but at least we know that it did at least exist at some stage.” All of which is very exciting, well to me anyway. Our Newbridge pears were harvested from the first to the third week in October about the same time as the Rose of Sharon apples. Now, what for me is revealing is that here we have the first evidence that along with cider our farmers were growing perry pears and must have been making

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And we can track down those of Mr Higginbotham to his orchard which was on land either side of what is now Crossland Road up as far as Higson Avenue. But there were others dotted across the township. Now, the productive life of an apple tree is about 30-40 years although some can go for 80 to a 100 years,** so with this in mind I doubt that any we find today will date from 1847, but you never know. My old botanist chum David reckons that there are still orchards on the other side of the Mersey not far from Jackson’s Boat. Which I think will be an adventure to come. Pictures; Newbridge pears from the National Fruit Collection and Higson’s orchard from a detail of the OS map of Lancashire, 1841, courtesy of Digital Archives, www. digitalarchives.co.uk/ *Manchester Examiner, Saturday June 19th 1847 **www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/

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Step inside the Cemetery Gates, you not only step into one of Manchester’s finest nature reserves; you walk into the peaceful grounds, which are now home to some of Manchester’s finest historical figures. The cemetery office offers a list of ‘Notable Graves’ so you can find your way to the resting places of many Mancunians whose names are known much further away than Lancashire. In this new regular feature Nola Chesworth introduces us to some of those characters.

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), was born in Stretford and is quite possibly Southern Cemetery’s most famous resident. Buried under a stone cross alongside his mother and father, paintbrushes have been left beside his grave by fans that have travelled to pay their respects. The Lowry in Salford holds the world’s largest collection of his work; frequently changing the exhibitions, allowing even regular visitors to discover a painting they have never seen before, while Manchester Art Gallery also has on display a number of paintings.

To Mancunians, bumping into a Lowry in any gallery is like bumping into an old friend; his familiar figures, grey skies, and industrial landscapes as recognisable to us as any Picasso, Van Gough or Monet. Whether you are viewing his paintings in MOMA, in New York or The Christchurch Art Gallery in New Zealand, you will instantly be taken home through his unique style. A major Lowry retrospective at Tate Britain is running until the end of October, allowing people from all over the world to discover why L.S Lowry is so loved not only in Manchester, but all over the country.

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October In Your Garden by Katherine Watson Having been given a lovely wooden handled bulb planter as a present, I was determined to go like the clappers, planting thousands of glorious bulbs in my garden last year. Actually, it was more trouble than it was worth because the soil that satisfyingly and quickly came out of the ground then wouldn’t come out of the planter without a lot of coaxing which made the whole process annoying and it’s been relegated to the cupboard of other attractive, unnecessary garden items. However, I am determined to get some bulbs in and October and November are the best times to do so. There is a vast range of bulbs to try at home and we can be tempted, glassy eyed, to buy enormous amounts of different varieties when faced with the lovely pictures of spring flowers on the internet. The thing to think about as always is location and preparation. Some bulbs like sun and well-drained conditions: Tulips (which can also be planted along the base of a dry hedge, which is handy), daffs and Fritillaries fall into this camp. Camassias like sun

and damp as do Leucojums (big snow drops) and there are bulbs for shade: Erythronium and Anemone nemerosa for example.

Growing bulbs in pots is always a good option because you can move the pots to the best vantage point for viewing when the bulbs are in flower. Growing bulbs in pots is always a good option because you can move the pots to the best vantage point for viewing when they’re in flower. Narcissus are particularly lovely in pots as a cheery spring burst of colour. This year, I’m going to try some more unusual bulbs as an experiment. Two tulips have caught my eye – T.acuminate which has flame orange coloured, spidery petals and T. ‘Ice Cream’ which is brilliant because it actually looks like an ice cream. On the same theme, Oxalis

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Art Market joins Chorlton Precinct Formed at the beginning of this year, the Chorlton Design Collective already have one successful project under their belts when in June the group had the exciting opportunity of running a three week pop-up shop in Chorlton’s shopping precinct, The Chorlton Design Emporium. The shop was met with great enthusiasm from local people, which led to plans for a new project. With fantastic support from the Manchester City Council, Chorlton Traders and Savills UK, the group are pleased to announce a new regular art and design market to be held on the first Saturday of each month. The first market will be

on Saturday 2nd November, followed by Saturday 7th December. With the aim to bring colour and style to a neglected corner of the precinct, the Chorlton Art Market will be a vibrant and eclectic mix of local painters, photographers and sculptors. Along with this, there will be stalls featuring fantastic local small businesses, such as Bahari Blossom (handmade bathtime treats), BeLoved (exquisite handmade clothing) and Akhu Designs (beautiful handmade homewares). The next part of this project involves the creation of a series of murals on the walls in the market area; further breathing new life into this forgotten spot.

To us, it’s simply a blank canvas which has needed some TLC for a long time! We have a great team of artists working on designs which we hope to complete by the end of the year. We’re still on the look out for more local artists who may be interested in taking a stall for either of the first two markets. The cost for a 3x3m pitch is £25 which includes a table and gazebo. We’re also interested in hearing from any local businesses who would consider sponsoring this project.

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The Rotary Club Needs You! Chorlton & District Rotary Club needs new members in order to survive and continue its work locally and internationally. The Club meets every Wednesday evening at the Hough End Centre for a meal, for fellowship, to listen monthly to an invited speaker, and to organise the charitable actions of the club. The club regularly aids charitable local organisations such as St. Anne’s Hospice, and Francis House Childrens Hospice, gives illustrated dictionaries to primary school leavers, collects over 1000 second hand books a year to give away in Literacy Week, and participates in a

youth leadership scheme. It makes donations from time to time to such overseas bodies as Mercy Ships, Sightsavers, the Jaipur Limb Project, Disaster Aid, and Hope & Homes for Children. It supports Rotary International’s efforts to eradicate polio. This work is funded mainly as a result of house to house collections at Christmas with collections at supermarkets at other times and special events from time to time. Every penny raised is distributed.

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Orange and pomegranate cake Ingredients For the cake

Zest of 1 large orange

60g polenta 200g caster sugar 1 1/2 tsp gluten free baking powder 1 tsp guar gum 100g ground almonds 200ml sunflower oil 4 eggs

Method Preheat oven to 180C/160fan/ Gas 4 Grease and line a 20cm round tin with baking parchment. Combine the polenta, caster sugar, baking powder, guar gum and ground almonds in a large bowl. In a separate bowl whisk together the sunflower oil, eggs and pomegranate molasses. Stir oil mixture into dry ingredients, add the grated orange zest and mix well.

Pour into prepared tin and bake in oven for 45mins or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.

1/2 tbsp pomegranate molasses For the syrup Juice 1/2 large orange 1/2 tsp pomegranate molasses 25g caster sugar Handful pomegranate seeds Cherries for decoration

Leave to cool before removing from tin and enjoy with a steaming cuppa!

While cake is baking make the syrup: place all syrup ingredients in a saucepan and heat gently until sugar has dissolved and the mixture becomes thick and syrupy (4-5 minutes). Add pomegranate seeds to syrup.

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a new ramp giving easy access for wheelchairs and parents with pushchairs. He further modernised the business by adding late night opening hours on a Thursday and by creating a very sleek and extensive website which is well worth checking out. Amir is always looking for new ways to improve the business and stay ahead of the times whilst keeping that family feel and the friendly service that they are famous for. So what is new at the Village? Recently Amir has invested in one of the newest innovations in dry cleaning technology in the form of an Ozone machine. This can kill bacteria and eliminate odours without the use of potentially damaging chemicals. It’s particularly useful for getting rid of mould or the smell of clothes that may have been in storage for a long time and is proving to be very good at freshening up the Man Utd mascot Fred the Red! Another new addition is the hydrocarbon machine which can clean the most delicate of fabrics and all clothes which require F cleaning. The Village Dry Cleaners’ reputation for quality and professionalism has led it to become the first choice in cleaning for many of Manchester’s finest Bridal Boutiques so with so many delicate and ornate (not to mention expensive) dresses needing to be cleaned it is

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This month we introduce you to Vicki, Sales Negotiator at the Chorlton office and eight properties available for sale in Chorlton, Chorlton Green and Old Trafford. To arrange a free market appraisal call me and my team on 0161 882 2233.

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Meet Vicki

Sales Negotiator Describe your job. My position at JP & Brimelow is a Sales Negotiator. I accompany potential buyers viewing properties, deal with offers that come into the office and agree the sales. I also carry out valuations and measure up new properties to the market. We all pitch in and do whatever needs to be done to make sure the office runs smoothly…vendor updates, arrange viewings, fulfilling clients expectations and brewing up! We are kept busy on a daily basis, making sure there are plenty of purple boards

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with ‘red sold slips’ on all over Chorlton, Firswood, Old Trafford, Stretford and Whalley Range. Helping people find their perfect home! What’s special about Chorlton as a place? It is Chorlton’s community spirit and friendly residents that make it so special and with all its independant boutiques and shops, cafes, bars and restaurants there is something for everyone. Where’s your favourite restaurant/café in Chorlton for a lunch time meal? The Parlour on Beech Road does fantastic food. Their burger is delicious, they have a great selection of wine and the service is always excellent. Battery Park does great coffee and cake!

What are your hobbies and interests out of the wonderful world of JP & Brimelow? I like to work out a couple of times a week. Running, Pilates, Spinning. I will try anything as long as it keeps me fit! I like to spend time with my friends and family and general socialising around Chorlton and West Didsbury. I love going to gigs and festivals and am a keen shopper! And finally, describe your perfect day. Having a pint in the Bowling Green (watching Liverpool win against United!) followed by a glass of Rioja, a Sunday roast for lunch followed by a walk at Chorlton Water Park and The Meadows to work it all off!

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Calling all budding Jake Buggs and Jessie Js Chorlton Children’s Choir needs you! Chorlton Children’s Choir held its first rehearsal on Thursday 5th September and is calling on music-mad local children to come along to a free taster session! The new choir for 5 to 11 year olds will perform everything from Elbow to Elgar and Britten to Britpop, but most importantly there is NO NERVE-WRACKING audition process. The choir will rehearse every term time Thursday, 5.456.45pm, leading to a full year of performances. Leaders, Tina and Claire

O’Brien say; “This choir is all about developing children’s voices and their confidence as performers, but we also want to give our members access to unique musical experiences. In the last year alone, our Altrincham choir has sung at the Manchester Marathon, performed for the Christmas Lights Switch-on and been into Blueprint Studios to record the vocals on a new single from French DJ / Producer Arno Cost. Our choir’s performance of “Monster” has over 1800 You Tube hits! We want to provide memorable moments like these

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for kids in Chorlton too. “We also want to add something fresh and contemporary, so we’re commissioning original music from young composers that will be 100% unique to our choirs”

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Does the Body rule the Mind, or does the mind rule the body? by Manjunaga Morrisey of the Smiths once asked the question “Does the body rule the mind, or does the mind rule the body?” and Morrisey is not the only person to have pondered such a question – the 17th century french philosopher Descartes had asked similar questions. He is famous for his dictum ‘I think therefore I am’ – the idea that thinking proceeds experience. In Western thought we generally

view the body and the mind as separate entities. This results in a splitting and dualistic view of the mind and body. Eastern thought tends not to split the mind and body, which may be due to the practice of meditation having been an important part of oriental culture for thousands of years. When, in yoga and meditation, we bring our full awareness to our embodied experience we notice a complexity of thoughts, feeling, emotions and sensations – all coming into our awareness and then passing away. The Buddhist view of mind holds a perspective that includes our feelings, bodily

sensations and emotions. As a yoga practitioner I have found it more helpful to view my mind as something that exists within my body rather than something that sits aloft at the top of my head, reducing me to experiencing the world within largely conceptual models (which often leaves me feeling more isolated and disconnected from myself and other people). By reclaiming our relationship to our bodies we experience a sense of arriving home again – what it means to be alive and human on this planet.

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Community Index Clubs, Societies & Groups Chorlton Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild 2nd

& 3rd Tuesday of the month, 2pm, Chorlton Library. 0161 881 2544

Chorlton Aikido Club

Wednesdays 7.30-9.30pm St Ninians, Wilbraham Rd www.lancashireaikikai.org 861 8456

Community Allotment & Apiary Scott Avenue

Allotment 07973 139068 07521 500223 uk.groups.yahoo.com/ group/grow_for_it/

Chorlton Bookshop Book Group 3rd Tuesday

of the month at The Horse and Jockey Pub 7.45pm Details from Chorlton Bookshop or call 881 6374

Chorlton Bridge Club Christine Blackburn 225 8854 www.bridge webs.com/chorlton

Chorlton Civic Society

Chorlton Library meeting room. Tuesday 10th Sept 7.30pm. Chair - Jenny Slee 0757 0879 091 chorltoncivicsociety.org.uk

Chorlton Evening Townswomens Guild

Meet every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 7.30pm Chorlton Library. 0161 881 6354

Chorlton Good Neighbours 881 2925 goodneighbours@ btconnect.com

Chorlton History Group

Meets on the 1st Thursday of the month, 1.30 - 3pm at Chorlton Good Neighbours St Nininians Church, Egerton Rd South

Chorlton Knits 1st and 3rd

Tuesday of the month at Oddest Bar

Chorlton Philosophy Group Tuesdays 7.30pm,

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Chorlton Reading Group Once a month in the meeting room behind Chorlton library 7.30pm All welcome 881 1813 chorltonreadersgroup@ gmail.com

Chorlton and District Rotary Club Wednesday 6.45 pm, Hough End Centre, Mauldeth Road West, rosie.paver@gmail. com

Coffee and Craft Mornings at Chorlton

Good Neighbours. Meet friends and have a coffee, with arts and crafts group. Thursdays 10-11.30am Wilbraham St Ninian’s Church 881 2925 www.cgncg.org.uk

Co-op members’ group

Every 2nd Wed of the month at 7.30 p.m. Room above the Hardy Lane Co-op.Talks, trips, events. Call Brenda 0752 507 1672 brenda.copnall@ ntlworld.com

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opportunities for Chorlton residents 55+ to work with local primary school children. Estelle Longmore 881 7693 or 07946761785 www. intergen.org.uk

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Werburghs Church Hall, Chorlton. Anne 881 6591 flowersnorthwest.net

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Shakespeare House Community Centre

Monday of each month, 8pm - 10, Whalley Range Venue. Ann 07814 861285

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St. Clements Fellowship

Thursdays 9pm Ellesmere Rd Cricket Club

Barbara - 0161 881 5912 or Ida - 0161 861 7158

Whalley Range Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club

every Friday indoor cricket nets :Years 5 & 6: 6.30-7.30; Years 7-10: 5.30-6.60: Seniors (16+): 7.30-8.30. £4 Springbridge Road, William Hulme Grammar School

Whalley Range Forum

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Arts & Crafts Chorlton Art Group

Tuesdays, 10.00 to 12.00 at St. Werbergh’s church hall. Brenda at brensidebeck@ aol.com

Chorlton Sewing Club

Friends of Chorlton Meadows 881 6276

Friends of Longford Park

Drum & Percussion Group Playing Brazilian

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Park, Athletics Stadium Mon & Fri 9.30 - Noon, Sun 1-3pm. All abilties and ages welcome Sue 0775 342 8937 Helen 0787 162 1778 www.simply-cycling.org

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Now Showing : The Place Beyond The Pines. Doors open 8.10 pm, film starts 8.30 pm Entrance £5 St Clements Church

Chorlton Folk Club

Folk Songs and Tunes at The Beech 1st & 3rd

Wednesdays for Songs 2nd & 4th for Tunes. Beech Road, Chorlton, M21 9EG

Manchester Sing Out Choir (Gospel Choir)

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Therapy & Support Groups Chorlton Anxiety Group 226 3871

Manchester Diabetes Support Network: Monthly

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New Family Social

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Local Sport in Chorlton by Geoff Garnett Subhaan is a big hit at Range Whalley Range CC has been a great developer of junior talent in recent seasons with teams operating successfully at all levels. They have produced a string of players who’ve gone on to represent Manchester, Greater Manchester and Lancashire as well as the Netherlands and have over 100 youngsters enjoying cricket at the club. This season the under 11 team won nine out of nine

Great season for Bowling Green The Bowling Green Hotel in Chorlton have had great success this season in a range of competitions. The ladies team won the final of the KO Cup in the Southern Ladies League beating Davyhulme by 222-206. In the Sale and District League their men’s team won division two to gain promotion to the top flight and they also won the Fives

league games! Their star bat is Subhaan Mahmood (pictured). In the South Manchester Junior League batsmen have to retire after scoring 25 runs and Subhaan ended with an average in excess of 200. He’s been selected for Lancashire u11’s and will still be eligible to play in this age group next season. Range coach Francis Collins said: “Subhaan has an incredible talent plus the determination and work ethic to succeed at the highest levels. I’m delighted that Subhaan, along with the bulk of the team can continue to play in this age group in 2014.” competition. The Green’s Tuesday team, who play in division three of the Altrincham and South Manchester League are unbeaten and have assured promotion with two games left to play. In the Trafford Mixed League division three the second team reached third spot, their highest position for many

years while the first team, who won promotion to division one consolidated with a mid-table position.

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